BDER 2020

Abstract Submission Guidelines

CONTENT

Instructions
Important dates
Presenter agreement
Presenter changes and withdrawal policy
Financial assistance
Best Abstracts Award

  • All abstracts should be written in clear English
  • All presenting authors should have proficiency in English, to be able to present and respond to questions. 
  • Abstracts must be submitted via the online abstract submission site.
  • You must receive the approval of all co-authors before putting their names on the abstract.
  • All abstracts must be submitted to an appropriate category for review based on the scientific content of the abstract.
  • Titles:
    • Abstract titles are limited to 10 words or less.
    • The title should be dynamic and conclusive, rather than descriptive.
    • In general, you should capitalize the first letter of each word unless it is a preposition or article.
    • Titles should not be bold.
  • Authors: One person must be identified as the presenting author. The order of the authors can be modified at any time prior to the abstract deadline.
  • Abstract Text: All abstracts should be 250 words or less. Do not include your title or authors in the abstract text. Do not include references. Graphics/images are not recommended. In clinical studies, please state whether informed consent was obtained.
  • Content of the Abstract: The abstract should contain a brief statement of (but not as subheadings):
    • Background
    • The objectives of the investigation
    • Experimental methods used
    • Essential results, including data and, where appropriate, statistics.
    • Conclusion.
    • Keywords: up to three
  • All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed. The accepted abstracts will be published in the “conference abstract book” handed out to the conference attendees.
  • The submitting author will receive a confirmation of acceptance for  poster presentation, or a notice of rejection.
  • Poster presenters will be informed about the date of the poster session and will receive guidelines
    for their presentation and details of the poster dimensions.

Important dates

  • Submission deadline: 20, December,2019
  • Submissions received after this deadline will not be considered. Presenters are not permitted to modify their abstracts after this date for reviewing purposes.
  • Notification of abstracts acceptance: 20, January, 2020

Presenter agreement

All presenters must agree to the following conditions when submitting an abstract:

  • Affirm that the work has not been published (in print or electronically) elsewhere prior to the BDER 2020 meeting.
  • Agree that if the abstract is accepted, BDER 2020 has permission to publish the abstract in printed and/or electronic formats.

Presenter changes and withdrawal policy

If you are unable to attend the meeting and wish to name a substitute presenter, please use the following guidelines:

  • The Presenting Author is the only author that may request a presenter change.
  • Substitute presenter must NOT be presenting another abstract at the meeting.
  • Substitution requests must be made PRIOR to the meeting.
  • Substitution requests should be sent by the presenting author to the below email:
  • Withdrawal policy: If authors wish to withdraw their abstracts they are requested to send a letter via e-mail to the above mentioned email

Financial assistance

  • Limited financial assistance is available for this conference in the form of travel grants.
  • Availability will be indicated during the abstract submission process.
  • The travel grant is restricted to young researchers who are either a Master or a PhD student and post-doctoral researchers with maximum 3 years since PhD degree.

Best Abstracts Award

The best three abstracts will be awarded the Abstract of the Year (1st, 2nd and 3rd) with Award certificate and financial Award.

Submission is closed